The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08

years old, was as quick and self reliant rs
many English lads Of IT., waiting for them
by the bridge
"Oh, here you are father; you have been
walking so long that | thought you would
miss the boat ! lave brought the luggage
down all right and this gentleman's, toon
"Thats right, my lad Kershaw, do you
go and take the tickets / want to get rid of
this" and he tapped the revolver case that
was concealed beneath his coat.
Ernest did so, and presently met Mr.. Aston
on the boat A few minutes more and, to his
intense relief, she cast Off and stood out to
sen. There were not very many passengers
on board, and those that were were too much
taken up in making preparations to be sea-
sick to take any notice of Ernest And yet
he could not shake himself free from the idea
that everybody knew that he had just killed
man. His own self consciousness was so in
tense that he saw his guilt reflected on the
faces of all he met He gazed around him in
awe, expecting every moment to be greeted
as murderer Most people who have ever
done anything they should not are acquainted
with this sensation. Overcome with this
idea, he took refuge in his berth, nor did he
emerge therefrom till the boat put in at New
haven There both he and Mr. Aston
bought some rough clothes, and to a great
extent succeeded in Disgusting themselves;
and then made their way across country to
Southampton in the same train, but in sep
arate carriages. Reaching Southampton
without let or hindrauce, they agreed to take
passage in the Union company's II. NJ s.
Moor, sailing on the following morning. Mr..
Aston obtained list of the passengers.
Fortunately there was nobody among them
whom he knew. For greater security, how
ever, they took steerage passages, and booked
themselves under assumed names Ernest
took his second Christian name, and figured
on the passenger list as Z. Beyton, while Mr..
Alston and his boy assumed the name Of
James. They took their passages at different
times, and feigned to be unknown to each
other.
At last the vessel sailed, and it was with q
sigh of relief that Ernest saw his native shores
fade from view. AS they disappeared, a fell
low passenger, valet to gentleman going to
the Cape for his health, politely offered him a
paper to read. 1t was The Standard of that
days date. He took it and glanced at the
foreign intelligence. The first thing that
caught his eye was the following paragraph,
headed "a fatal duel"
"The town Of Dieppe has been thrown into
state of CONSERVATION by the discovery of
the body of an English gentleman, who was
this morning shot dead in duel Capt. JUS
| tice, of the - Hussars who was the unfor-
tunate gentleman's second, has surrendered
himself to the authorities. The other parties
who are at present unknown, have alb
| seconded. 1t is said that they have beer
| traced to Newhaven; but there all trace OF
| them has been lost The cause of the duel is
unknown, and in the present state of excite
ment it is difficult 10 obtain authentic infor
mation.n
By the pilot who left the vessel, Ernest
dispatched two letters, one to Eva Ceswick
and the other-which contained copy of the
memoranda drawn up before and after the
duel, and attested by Mr.. Alston-to his un
Gle. To both he told the story of his misfor
tune, fully and fairly, imploring the former
not to forget him and to wait for happier
times, and asking the forgiveness of the lat
ter for the trouble that he had brought upol
himself and all belonging to him. ShoulC
they wish to write to him, he gave his address
as Ernest Beyton, Postofllce, Maritzburg.
The pilot boat hoisted her brown sail will
huge white F. upon it and vanished int,
the night; and Ernest, feeling that he was
ruined man, and with the stain of blood upol
his hands, crept to his bunk and wept like
child.
Yesterday he had been loved, prosperous
happy, with u bright career before him. Tu
day he was a nameless outcast, departing int
exile, and his young life Swallowed by a cou
in which he could see no break.
Well might he weep; it was hard lesson.